Word: slickly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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That was one of the few verifiably "live" touches in an evening filled with starch and bromides. Others: a candid shot of Cate Blanchett, wincing at the fury of her performance in Elizabeth: The Golden Age; Colin Farrell and then John Travolta nearly slipping on a slick part of the floor just behind the podium; and Cody, the ex-stripper who misted up during her Juno acceptance, finishing with "And most of all I want to thank my family for loving me just that way I am." She got verklempt and, as she walked off, waved a blithe toodle...
...Norphel is known locally as "Ice Man," and cuts a rebellious figure with slick raven hair and a black leather jacket. His innovation has been hailed as an elegantly simple and cheap solution to a devastating problem. One artificial glacier costs just $7,000, compared to $34,000 for a cement water reservoir. Only local materials are needed, and the villagers themselves can build and maintain them. The seven glaciers he's built as head of a local non-profit managing the watershed program for the state of Jammu and Kashmir have won him widespread attention, as engineers from other...
...assumption is that people who listen to talk radio are idiots or mindless robots or victims of slick marketing and packaging. So there's sort of a condescending view of the audience of talk radio; people are sometimes held in contempt by some people. It's just totally wrong. It's 180 degrees out of place...
...that Caramel is dopy. It may be a first film, but Labaki, employing a cast that is full of non-professional actresses, is a slick and knowing filmmaker. Her multiple plot lines are neatly braided and though her characters are conventionalized they are also charming and capable of surprising us. I suppose, in the end, you'd have to say that her film is no big deal - just another good-looking, gently humorous, pleasantly romanticized little comedy, which ends with everyone a little wiser than they began. But that reckons without the unique circumstances of its making and its implicit...
...Friday. Additionally, the unseasonably warm weather has given the team an unexpected challenge in its winter training regime. “We’ve been struggling with the weather for the past week or so,” Teng said. “The conditions have been really slick and not conducive to effective training.” However, the circumstances did not slow down the team. Freshman Margie Thorp finished 52nd in the giant slalom event. Freshman Brad Alvarez also completed in two giant slalom runs despite injuring his shoulder in training on Saturday. Kinner recorded the best...